Historical capitals
Capital of the Roman Empire?
Rome
Small French man that almost took Moscow?
Napoleon
'I came, I saw, I conquered' -47 BC ?
Julius Ceasar
Who wrote Main Kampf - 1925?
Adolf Hitler
Name 20 countries the British Empire controlled
(up to gamemaster)
Capital of the Russian Empire pre 1917?
Saint Petersburg
Lenin's right hand man?
Trotsky
'One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic' - 1943 ?
Joseph Stalin
Who wrote the Communist Manifesto - 1848?
Karl Marx
Country which first Deployed a tank on the battlefield?
Britain
Capital of Byzantine empire?
Constantinople
By the age of 30, This person had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India in 323 BC?
Alexander the Great
'Freedom has many difficulties and democracy is not perfect, but we have never had to put a wall up to keep our people in'- 1963?
JFK
Who wrote nineteen eighty four - 1949?
George Orwell
The name was given to the last ditch German divisions in WW2 as they were running out of manpower?
Volksturm
DOUBLE! Name the 2 capitals of Austria-Hungary.
Vienna and Budapest
obedient daughter of the Roman Catholic Church, an early feminist, and a symbol of freedom and independence. She was a military leader in France who helped drive the English from France?
Joan of Arc
'The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting' - 544–496 BC ?
Sun Tzu
On the Origins of Species - 1859?
How Many 'Balls' did: Churchill, FDR, Hitler and Stalin have combined?
7
Capital of Yugoslavia?
Belgrade
Legendary Carthaginian General who crossed the Alps with elephants during the Second Punic War and killed 20% of the Roman fighting age population?
Hanibal Barca
'I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve'-1941?
Yamato
The Meaning of Relativity - 1922?
Albert Einstein
leader who was exiled to the island of Saint Helena in 1815?
Napoleon